Dundas Dashboard – My observations

Dundas Data Visualization Inc, is well-known to SSRS developers. Microsoft had earlier acquired their SSRS controls (Charts, Gauges & Map) and integrated...

List SQL Server Instances using Powershell and Get-ItemProperty

This post explains how to list SQL Server Instances installed on the current server, using the Powershell Get-ItemProperty Cmdlet.
The Get-ItemProperty...

Sarasota IT Pro Camp

Join system administrators IT professionals and database professionals in addition to managers at all levels who work with Microsoft technologies...

..This operation must be performed in the master database."

"Cannot alter a server audit from a user database. This operation must be performed in the master database."

If you're trying...

A Script A Day - Day 3 - Live Change Data Edit Template

Today's script is a template I use for the occasions when a data edit is required to be run against...

AMD 2012-2013 Server Roadmap

AMD had their 2012 Financial Analyst Day today, which is basically a dog and pony show for stock analysts.

Previously,...

Atlanta MDF Presents Three Awesome Pre-Cons in Atlanta April 13, 2012

Atlanta MDF presents:

SQL Saturday #111 Pre-Conference Sessions
SQL Saturday is coming back to Atlanta on April 14, and once again, we’ve...

Delivering Three PTI SQL 2012 Firestarter Webcasts

I have been given the opportunity to deliver a few webcasts about some of the new features of SQL Server...

How to output from invoke-sqlcmd to Powershell variable

Sorry for another Powershell post but I’ve been doing a lot of it recently and coming up with (what i...

Magazines I Read This Year

In December I went through my current magazine list and made some changes, mostly based on what I had been...